The 1999-2000 NBC comedy Freaks and Geeks, about outcasts in a suburban Michigan high school in 1980, was way ahead of its time. Created by Paul Feig, who would go on to direct films like Bridesmaids and Spy, and produced by Judd Apatow, who would go on to direct films like The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Knocked Up, it featured a cast bursting with future stars, including Seth Rogen, Jason Segel, Linda Cardellini, James Franco, and Busy Philipps.
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And so we've come to the end of our summer experiment. Very, very, very long spoilers for "Discos and Dragons," the final episode of "Freaks and Geeks," coming up just as soon as I learn to thread the projector... "Discos and Dragons"
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Spoilers for the penultimate episode of "Freaks and Geeks," "The Little Things," coming up just as soon as I get people to stay away from those cans... Behold, the episode that launched a comedy empire. Sort of. "The Little Things" was the episode that
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Spoilers for the "Freaks and Geeks" episode "Smooching and Mooching" coming up just as soon as I drop the needle on some Gene Krupa... And here is where it becomes obvious that Apatow, Feig and company could see the cancellation writing on the wall, as they
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Spoilers for the "Freaks and Geeks" episode "Noshing and Moshing" coming up just as soon as I crack open a few raw eggs... The last few episodes featured fairly obvious links between their spotlight characters -- Ken and Neal, Bill and Millie -- and while "
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Spoilers for the "Freaks and Geeks" episode "Dead Dogs and Gym Teachers" coming up just as soon as I find my coat with the big pockets... Two Bill and Millie episodes in a row? What great and glorious bounty is this? I wrote a bit in
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Spoilers for the "Freaks and Geeks" episode "Chokin' and Tokin'" coming up just as soon as I wake up a dog... And so "Freaks and Geeks" came to an end on NBC, not with a bang but a major bummer. "Chokin&
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Spoilers for the "Freaks and Geeks" episode "The Garage Door" coming up just as soon as I compose a haiku about the tuba... "The Garage Door" is a stand-out episode in many ways. It's the first episode of the series where the
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Spoilers for the "Freaks and Geeks" episode "Looks and Books" coming up just as soon as I scarf down an entire mall pretzel... In my review of the "Freaks and Geeks" pilot, I wrote that the series was, "at heart, a show about
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Spoilers for the "Freaks and Geeks" episode "The Diary" coming up just as I interrogate a group of potential prank callers... Do a Google search for "Freaks and Geeks" and "painfully honest," and you'll get about 200 hits. For "
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Spoilers for the "Freaks and Geeks" episode "We've Got Spirit" coming up just as soon as I do the Funky Chicken... "Mom, did you break up with my boyfriend?" Of all the break-up scenarios I've ever heard, whether real life
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Spoilers for the "Freaks and Geeks" episode "Girlfriends and Boyfriends" coming up just a soon as I eat some carrot sticks... In the deleted scenes commentary for "Girlfriends and Boyfriends," Judd Apatow discusses the thinking behind Lindsay and Nick's doomed romance: he
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Thoughts on the HBO Sunday shows are going to have to wait until sometime on Monday, so I'm going to move up the latest "Freaks and Geeks" episode review by a day or so. Spoilers for "Carded and Discarded" coming up just as soon
